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Tag Archives: smartphone
Cell Phone Selection-Why Some People Prefer “Dumb” Phones
This week’s Data Point of the Week examines the main concerns consumers have when purchasing phones. These reasons are segmented by the specific type of phone purchased to glean some understanding on why phone owners purchased app-heavy smartphones, middle-ground messaging phones, or bare-bones basic phones. The range of factors for each of the three major [...]
Posted in Business, mobile, Uncategorized
Also tagged Android, Apple, Cell phones, data plan, dumbphone, incharts, internet, messaging phone, mobile, phones, qwerty
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February 14th-18th: New Media Measure Data Points
Here’s a recap of the New Media Measure data points we released this week: Monday, February 14 23% of smartphone owners consider the size of the phone’s screen important. Would you get an iPhone nano? http://bit.ly/fo1fS1 Tuesday, February 15 36% of movie/TV show streamers have streamed from @netflix in past 3 months, up 24% from [...]
Posted in Digital Media, mobile
Also tagged iPhone, movies, music, Netflix, new media measure, Sony
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The Phone Gaming Revolution: Do the PSP and DS Stand a Chance?
The release of my most recent report, entitled “The Phone Gaming Revolution: Do the PSP and DS Stand a Chance?,” this week generated a great deal of heated discussion on video game and tech websites that I feel warrants a response from me. The report points to the explosive growth of phone gaming and questions [...]
Posted in mobile, Video Games
Also tagged 3DS, Android, Apple, apps, business strategies, casual games, DS, EA, games, Google, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, mobile, new media measure, Nintendo, phone gaming, psp, PSP phone, social games, Sony, Video games
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The PlayStation Phone: Real or Fake, Will It Succeed?
Late last month engadget posted a few leaked photos of a PlayStation Phone. The debate then started on whether or not the phone was real, to date engadget has a fairly good record on breaking stories for new devices. Regardless of whether or not it’s real, let’s try to determine if the new phone will [...]
Posted in mobile, Video Games
Also tagged mobile, phone, playstation, playstation phone, psp, Sony
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Facebook Places: It’s All About the Advertising
Everyone in the social media space has predicted 2010 to be the beginning of the ‘location war.’ Smartphone applications that let you ‘check-in’ to places you visit in real life finally began bridging the digi-social experience with the real world. Foursquare took the early lead in the location war, but Facebook has stolen its thunder [...]
Posted in Advertising, Social Media
Also tagged Advertising, Android, Badges, Facebook, Foursquare, Gameify, geo, geo-location, Gowalla, incentives, iPhone, location, location-based, Loopt, Mayor, MyTown, Places, points, Profiling, Social Media, targeted advertising, targeting
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